The Stroller: Stop it

Saturday

May 18, 2013 at 12:01 AM

Rachel Harris of Boiling Springs reminds the coupon clippers that newspapers at the libraries are for everyone. "I would like to ask the person or persons who are cutting up the newspapers at the library for the penny coupon from Publix to stop," she says. "If you are going to spend $10 at Publix in order to use the coupon, then spend 50 cents and buy a newspaper while there. You are defacing library materials and preventing the public from reading the articles on the back of your ill-gotten coupon."

By Lou Parrisstroller@shj.com

Rachel Harris of Boiling Springs reminds the coupon clippers that newspapers at the libraries are for everyone. “I would like to ask the person or persons who are cutting up the newspapers at the library for the penny coupon from Publix to stop,” she says. “If you are going to spend $10 at Publix in order to use the coupon, then spend 50 cents and buy a newspaper while there. You are defacing library materials and preventing the public from reading the articles on the back of your ill-gotten coupon.”

‘SHORT MEMORIES': Gordon Summey tells Wolfgang Stoeckl, who blasted South Carolinians for electing Mark Sanford and then blasted Mr. Sanford, to save some of that “vitriol and vinegar” for Slick Willie Clinton and the United States voters who elected that “trash” not once but twice. “Seems like a lot of people criticizing Sanford have short memories when it comes to people like the Kennedys, Slick Willie, Jesse Jackson and others. You can bet, however, the liberals in Congress don't want to see Sanford coming back, which is good enough right there for my support.”

‘DEAR BUBBA': Blimpy Don Watson isn't shy about poking fun at those Carolina Gamecocks, and after reading a mom's letter making the Internet rounds, he's certain Bubba comes from a Gamecock family. The letter reads, “Dear Bubba, I'm writing this slow because I know you can't read fast. We don't live where we did when you left home. Your dad read in the newspaper that most accidents happen within 20 miles of your house, so we moved right away. I won't be able to send you the address of our new home because the last family that lived here took the house numbers with them when they moved. They didn't want to have to change their address. This new place is really nice. It even has a washing machine, but I'm not sure about it. I put a load of clothes in and pulled the chain. We haven't seen them since. The weather isn't bad here. It only rained twice last week, the first time for four days and the second time for three days. About that coat you wanted me to send to you, your brother, Billy Bob, said it would be too heavy to send in the mail with the buttons on, so we cut them off and put them in the pockets. Billy Bob locked his keys in the car yesterday. It took him two hours to get me and your dad out. Your sister had a baby this morning, but I haven't found out what it is yet so I don't know if you are an aunt or uncle. Your Uncle Ray fell into a whiskey vat last week. Some men tried to pull him out, but he fought them off and drowned. We had him cremated. He burned for three days. Three of your friends drove a truck off a bridge. The driver rolled down the window and swam to safety. Your other two friends were in the back. They drowned because they couldn't get the tailgate down. There isn't much more news at this time. Nothing much out of the normal has happened. Love, Mom.”

ODDS AND ENDS: The 24-member Senior Adult Choir of Cherokee Avenue Baptist Church, aka the Amazing Grace Singers including Jack “The Singing Judge” Allison, will present the musical “On Our Way” at Providence Baptist Church in Gaffney at 6:30 p.m. Sunday. On the menu for the Ladies Auxiliary's luncheon Sunday at the Woodruff Shrine Club are chicken, cubed steak and gravy, mashed potatoes, green beans, slaw and banana pudding.